HEALTH DISPARITIES BLOG

July 02, 2008

links for 2008-07-02

• Population Health and Economic Development in the United States
  There is reason to believe that these concepts promoted for the developing world broadly apply within the United States. More than 11 million southern, low-income, and urban blacks have health outcomes worse than residents of low- to middle-income develop
• Center for Community Solutions urges men to use health services
  The Center for Community Solutions hopes that a two-year community dialogue project it recently wrapped up will result in more men accessing more local health services.
• In Plain Sight, A Woman Dies Unassisted on Hospital Floor
  On June 19, a woman collapsed and lay face down on the floor of the waiting room at a Brooklyn hospital for an hour before anyone checked on her. By that time, she was dead.
• Study Looks at Asthma Prevalence by Race/Ethnicity, Connection With Housing Conditions
  The study looks at the prevalence of asthma among 10 racial and ethnic groups in New York City and how housing and neighborhood conditions can contribute to a disparity in prevalence.

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